to the departed (holocaust of globalization)

June 10, 2007. Fr. Giancarlo Bossi was seized by a 10-armed men while on his way to a mass in barangay Bulawan, at about 9:30 am. The military was quick in saying that the kidnapping was a handiwork of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

July 8, 2007 (sunday). Father Bossi was already in the premises of West Mindanao Command (WestMinCom)

July 9,2007. Father Bossi was "freed" early dawn of the said day in Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte to former Mayor Hajarun Jamiri of Tuburan, Basilan, who allegedly negotiated for his release. He was transported to Camp Batalla in Boulevard of Zamboanga City in that same morning. On the same day the Marines entered Limbo Upas and then barangay Magcawa, in the town of Al-Barka.

July 10, 2007. "It was unusually eerie that day. Huts were abandoned. As the trek went deeper, there were lesser people. It was like they were expecting us", recalled by a survivor. The Marines entered barangay Guinanta from barangay Magcawa. They were guided by Councilor Abdulkahal Abdasal Kaharut of Al-Barka, one of the few most trusted men of Al-Barka Mayor Karam Jakilan. When the marines failed to locate the priest and his abductors (as expected), they decided to return to headquarters in Campo Uno at Lamitan City.

They were waylaid as to enter an MILF territory. A ten-hour battle ensued, from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Marines were badly outgunned: mortars wouldn't fire and ineffective air support. That would seem strange, if one just considers the amount of firearms being shipped to the armed forces' hands.

Five died and six wounded MILF forces. Twenty three marines also died and scored of them wounded. A 69 year old imam, Matarul Hakanul was found to be beheaded and organ riddled with bullets.

Dorong Tauh, a henchman of the mayor volunteered to do the beheading of the already dead Marines bodies. Dorong Tauh is an ex-Army from 54th EB. Ongga Abdullah Piasta, Basil Limbaga and Isa Limbaga joined him in beheading. They belonged to the group of Mayor Karam and not from MILF.

The so-called ambush and the consequent beheading were deliberate ploys in order to justify the continuing presence of government and US troops in the island. Next to Afghanistan, our country has become the second front in the deployment of the elite Special Operations Forces.

Its been two years after the barbaric murder. Nothing changed. Their hollow death was a sacrifice to those who wanted our resources. And to those who let imperialists take them. The US-led globalization has dragged the world to a series of crises and wars.

Only the people united globally and nationally against globalization can concertedly act to solve the crisis and stop the war. We must be consistent to stand against globalization, register our strongest protest against the war.

There can be no world peace without global economic justice! Globalization means war! Reject globalization, stop the war.


Let their death among others be the pretext to fight against Imperialism.